Jacob Ogles

GOP leaders cheer Susie Wiles’ successes in Florida and national level The Republican Party of Florida recognized her work electing Rick Scott, Ron DeSantis and now Donald Trump.

Attendees at the Red Florida Dinner jovially called the evening Susie-Palooza.
Ron DeSantis was not part of the crowd.
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screenshot of a Facebook post by Corey Robin, which says: "By the way, did you all notice how Zohran made affordability a central issue of his campaign without selling out trans kids or shitting on immigrants? Might be some lessons there. Just a thought."

he's right and he's right to say it

The second is from Ed Hooper on the budgeting process. It would require a transfer of up to $750M to try and bring the budget stabilization fund to 25% of all revenue collections each year.
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Two new bills on debt are being filed today in the Florida Senate. The first is from Jason Brodeur creates a debt reduction program and requires the Florida CFO to transfer $250M each year to the effort... flsenate.gov/Session/Bill...

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New Pope's brother lives in Port Charlotte, #Florida. (There is ALWAYS a Florida angle.) www.fox4now.com/port-charlot...

Read Santa Ono's declaration for why he is going to be President of Florida, and contrast it with the actual situation in Florida. (Thread below).
He believes and endorses assault on campus speech and academic freedom, at least if it will get him $3M a year.
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Are Democrats sleeping on South Florida? And could Jared Moskowitz pay the price? 3 Representatives, including Moskowitz, skipped an Indivisible town hall, and Republicans intend to seize on the absence.

@repmoskowitz.bsky.social is taking heat from the left and right after skipping an @indivisible.org-organized town hall in his district. Could that spell trouble for the two-term Democratic incumbent?
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Florida Politics got word tonight there is still no deal in Tallahassee on allocations.
The Senate plans to make an offer in the morning around 10.
But until lawmakers can agree how much to spend, there's no conferencing on how to divvy the pile of money up.
Have heard maybe May 7 for a budget?

Dumb journalists think being a tough interviewer requires writing down gotcha questions in advance.
Smart journalists know that the trick is just listening and sometimes going, ‘how so?’

The following candidates all appear to have their money and paperwork in for the SD 15 Special Election.
We'll see if anyone shows up at the last second.

Russell Brand Invited To Florida College To Teach Sexual Assault Workshop SARASOTA, FL—As part of an effort to expose the student body to a variety of cultural perspectives, the New College of Florida announced Thursday that it had invited English comedian and podcaster Rus...

Hey, New College made @theonion.com.
Fwiw, NCF has indefinitely put off the real speech.

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Son of Leon Co. deputy suspected in Florida State University shooting that killed 2, injured 6 Investigators say the shooter is Phoenix Ikner, 20, and said he is being treated for injuries.

The latest revelation from the FSU shooting.
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5. Everyone responds to these tragedies differently.
When they live through it or lose someone to it, there's no prescribes way to process trauma and grief. It's best to withhold judgment on how people deal with events.

4. The internet is no place to determine if people were genuinely connected to a news event.
The truth is, lots of people want the acclaim. Reporting on the ground will verify who was actually there.

3. There's no such thing as crisis actors.
Seriously. Stop.

2. There's rarely a second shooter.
But there are always people who feel living through the event who feel certain there was one, whether because they can't reckon the timeline in real time hear echoes or make presumptions about nearby chaos.

A few things to remember when major news like this happens.

1. Eyewitness accounts are often contradictory.
That's why media leans so heavily on official sources. Individuals involved have information, but also just lived through an expected and chaotic moment. Let forensics verify what's factual.

New College moving ahead with Russell Brand event despite ongoing rape investigation 'This is a reflection of our commitment to civil discourse.'

New College is going forward with its Russell Brand event, despite the criminal allegations the comedian faces in the UK.

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Cory Mills seat added to House Dems’ ‘Districts in Play,’ joining Anna Paulina Luna, Maria Elvira Salazar The DCCC will offer funds to help whoever wins the Democratic nomination to challenge all 3 GOP incumbents.

Some significant news in Florida. The @electdemocrats.bsky.social has added Cory Mills to its Districts in Play list of GOP-held seats.
He joins Anna Paulina Luna and Maria Elvira Salazar on the short list of Florida lawmakers being targeted next year.

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Thanks to @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social for having me on to discuss the Tuesday Special Elections in FL-1 and FL-6.
This burst of attention on these races has been fun. I'm almost sad for Tuesday to arrive (almost).
But there's always something keeping Florida in national (and international) news.

Poll: Closer than expected 6th District special election Jacob Ogles, Delegation Editor of Florida Politics, joined FOX 35's Garrett Wymer on Florida Live to breakdown a new poll that shows a closer than expected race for the 6th district special election a...

Thanks to @fox35orlando.bsky.social for having me on to discuss the St. Pete Polls survey that Florida Politics commissioned in the CD 6 race. www.fox35orlando.com/video/1614758

Poll shows CD 6 Special Election within margin of error Republican Randy Fine holds the edge ahead of a Special Election for Congress.

FL-6 poll from St. Pete Polls

Fine (R) - 48.3%
Weil (D) - 44.2%
other - 2%

Already voted
Fine (R) - 43.1%
Weil (D) - 51%
other - 1.3%

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So @davidjolly.bsky.social

They did not testify at this committee or I would have covered it.

“You did it as a bipartisan body that believed in the things that were in this bill. And you know what? It made our communities safer. And now you want to repeal things. To me, that makes me feel like you have forgotten who my husband and the other 16 victims were.”

“To me, this feels like salt being poured into an open wound. Families, very early into grief and shock of what happened, came up here to Tallahassee and asked you to do something, and you did it,” Debbie Hixon, whose husband Chris was killed at MSD High.

The House Judiciary Committee in Florida just advanced legislation that would roll back a provision of the Parkland law forbidding anyone under age 21 from buying a long gun.
This was over the objections of Parkland families.